Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...

High-energy cosmic radiation damages cells and DNA, causing cancer, and secondary neutrons—generated especially from the ...

Liquid crystals (LCs) occupy a unique state of matter that bridges the gap between conventional liquids and solid crystals. Their exceptional ability to combine fluidity with long-range molecular ...

Research has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications, ranging from autonomous driving to anti-counterfeiting technology and a new ...

The addition of buckyballs or carbon nanotubes to nematic liquid crystals changes their properties and makes them low-cost alternatives for holographic and image processing applications, according to ...

The growth of crystals inside liquid metal is not a new idea. However, because people could not see inside the liquid metal, ...

“Liquid crystal elastomers could be extremely useful for a variety of applications, such as soft, synthetic muscle actuators or rewriteable braille displays,” said Smith, an assistant professor of ...

Liquid crystal technology has emerged as a versatile platform for developing reconfigurable microwave components and antennas. The intrinsic anisotropic properties of liquid crystals allow for rapid ...

Liquid Crystals (LCs) combine order and mobility on a molecular and supramolecular level. But while these remarkable states of matter are most commonly associated with visual display technologies, ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Contributing geometric and topological analyses of micro-materials, University of Massachusetts Amherst mathematician Robert Kusner aided experimental physicists at the University of ...

At present, there is an unprecedented level of interest in the properties and structures of complexes consisting of DNA mixed with oppositely charged cationic liposomes (CLs). The interest arises ...